Every Desperate Thing Hillary Clinton Has Done to Chase the Youth Vote

All politicians are a little bit desperate for votes from particular demographics. Bernie has gone out of his way to appeal to minorities. Donald Trump has become a better fake Christian than a horny teen who wants to bone the pastor’s daughter.

There has been a lot of it across the political spectrum, no political pandering this election cycle has been as cringeworthy and hilarious as Hillary’s attempt to connect with the youth vote. Polling and election results across the country consistently look something like this Iowa entrance poll.

The under thirty crowd is no more ready for Hillary than they are ready to pay off their student loans. Clinton is pulling out all the stops to change the fact the millenials like her about as much as they like paying for cable. This has meant engaging with every television personality, meme, and viral dance move possible to get her a chunk of that youth vote. Here’s a look at the desperate moves Hillary has made in pursuit of the young and their sweet sweet … um, votes.

Hot Sauce Swag
April 18, 2016

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During an interview with The Breakfast Club, Hillary confessed to something that could potentially give her huge cool points with young Black voters. When host Charlamagne asked what she carries in her bag, she said she rolls everywhere with a bottle of hot sauce. Black Twitter immediately pounced on her for trying to get in formation with the line from Beyonce’s song “Formation.” While Hillary actually has the receipts for her hot sauce addiction, the timing and place for this mention were definitely a solid play for the kids.

It has long been debated if a photo with multiple people in it can truly be called a selfie, but that is a conversation for yet another Kim Kardashian related post. During the August 15th GOP debate, Hillz stole headlines from People to TMZ when she was snapped in that coveted Kardashian-West selfie sandwich.

Watch Her Whip. Watch her Nae Nae. Watch me wish I never had to see anyone whip or nae nae ever again.September 10, 2015

Just in case you had almost forgotten about the Whip and/or the Nae Nae, we’re here to remind you that this meme/dance/song that makes “Gangnam Style” look like Mozart was a craze that swept our fair nation. Though the dance will soon look as cheesy as the Electric Slide, is hard to hate too hard on the Whip/Nae Nae, as it gave us videos like this one courtesy of Steph Curry’s daughter Riley.

Lena Dunham is just one of many liberal celebrities who are #withher. Dunham has been one of Clinton’s most outspoken celebrity supporters, and has become something of a millenial surrogate for Hillary. During their September interview for Lenny Letter, Dunham asked some policy questions, but then had a little fun.

Dunham brought up Kravitz’s recent wardrobe malfunction, and the convo. went like this:

Dunham: “Did you see the footage where his, like, pants split?”
Clinton: “You know I missed that. Do you think I could get that …”
Dunham: “On YouTube.”
Clinton: “I’ll look for that.”
Me: “I am now incredibly uncomfortable.”

Broad City Cameo
March 12, 2016

The ladies behind Broad City have been a bit less outspoken than Dunham about their with-her-ness, being careful to say that their choice to include a Hillary cameo in a recent episode wasn’t politically motivated. It does bear mentioning that co-star and co-creator Ilana Glazer has expressed support for Clinton on Twitter.

so proud to rep you on our show @HillaryClinton. twas a dream come true! let's go get that primary we're close

Regardless of the motivations or political positions, the show’s stars provided Hillary with yet another millenial-friendly platform. We’re still waiting on Bernie’s equal time cameo on Tosh.0.

Katy Perry performs at Des Moines Hillary Rally
October 24, 2015

Hey, you have to have entertainment at your rallies. At least Hillary has avoided the combination of Kid Rock and terrible pop country acts that Republicans continually trot out at their events/bbqs/KKK rallies. And thank God Hillary hasn’t yet come up with an answer to Donald Trump’s sequined-up Hitler Youth the USA Freedom Kids.

But you have to make fun of this at least a little bit because Perry told Iowa voters, “She’s my firework.”

This Shirt, Available in the Hillary Clinton Shop

And This Stitched Pillow in the Style of an Ironic Tumblr

When She Partnered With “Our Friends At Bitmoji”
September 3, 2015

Think about it for a second: would you really want a President who didn’t have friends at such a hallowed institution?